dotation
\dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“dotation” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,772. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,772
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de doter un établissement d’utilité publique, un corps, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dotation · dotation · French
dotation · rank #13,772 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,772
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dordogne
Nearest frequency peer: Dordogne (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dotation »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- disposait
disposait
86,232 corpus weight
- donneront
donneront
86,231 corpus weight
- Dordogne
Dordogne
86,230 corpus weight
- dotation
dotation
86,229 corpus weight
- défoncé
défoncé
86,228 corpus weight
- délivre
délivre
86,227 corpus weight
What this shows « dotation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dotation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dotation »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around dotation (IPA \dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,772 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dotation, with forms such as "ddotation", "doattion", and "dotaiton". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "dotations", "donation", "datation", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dotation, spelled D-O-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de doter un établissement d’utilité publique, un corps, etc.
- 2Le fonds, le revenu assigné à cet effet.
- 3Biens ou revenus attribués, à titre de récompense nationale, à certains personnages de l’État.
- 4Allocation d'une course hippique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dotation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La dotation de la Légion d’honneur.
L’accumulation des critères et l’émiettement des dotations et sous-dotations ne permettent plus de percevoir la direction principale de la péréquation, quand les choix devenus trop nombreux ne se neutralisent pas mutuellement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddotation
- doattion
- dotaiton
- dotatino
- dotationn
- dotatoin
- dotattion
- dottaion
- dottation
- dtoation
- odtation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dotation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "dotation"?
What does "dotation" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "dotation"?
How do you pronounce "dotation"?
What language does "dotation" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dotation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).